Best Video Apps

5 Apps For Awesome Video

Vine – the brand new film-sharing app from Twitter that everyone is now talking about – is without the hottest new way to waste time. Which means pretty soon, we’ll all be trying to make six second films that mean something. Or that are just totally NSFW. Resistance is futile, so here’s the Man vs Tech rundown on Vine and four other video apps you need to check out right now…

VineThe newbie we’ve all been hearing about launched last week with a boat load of big ups from its creator, Twitter. And that’s a clue to its already soaring popularity: like Twitter, Vine is also all about sharing short creations quickly. You’ve got just six seconds of video to film whatever you choose, with sound included. Recording starts when your finger or thumb is pressed against the touchscreen and pauses when you release your digit. This means you can pretty much film scenes, “cutting” from one to the other as quickly as you like – even drop in a subliminal message or two, perhaps – within your six second limit. Getting the hang of it takes no time at all (even a septuagenarian bass player can manage it[]) and once your “Veet” (like a Tweet, but on Vine, so a Veet, capisce?) is complete, the video is uploaded to your feed. And as per Instagram, you can include a comment and hashtags, as well as be liked by anyone who sees it or who is following you. Android fans, don’t despair: other mobile platforms “coming soon”. (Free, iOS)